February 19, 2025 - Land Code Committee Meeting

Posted February 19, 2025 in 

Attendees

In Person:

Mary Doyle, Crystal Lalonde, Gil Davis, Brooke Walker, Stella Gauthier, Nathan Paquette

Online:

Maya Aird, Dan Penner (Urban Systems), Jenine Campbell-Cove, Mia Aird

Minutes

  1. Opening Prayer-Mary Doyle
  2. Agenda Review and Discussions-Dan
    • Review last mtg. discussion items
      • Content of Draft #1
      • Conversation reverted back to Treaty Rights, Tile, Territory, Mgmt.
    • Legal mgmt. opinions -April 3 Comm Engagement Sessions planned for community to address concerns
    • Draft #1 Review
      • 2 sections to review
      • Strategic planning, Vision Boarding, assisting Land Code pros and development of laws
      • 7 phases of milestones
      • currently in phase 3 of the code
      • each step, verification required
      • 1st draft engagement if membership
      • After April 3 Meeting
      • CPR
      • template to submit
      • arrange C & C meeting to discuss process
      • bring back to community (potentially bring Draft #1 of land code @ April 3 meeting)
      • Explaining to membership benefits of the code, input from community
      • discuss @ community engagement meeting (April 3)
      • poll membership of process
      • Dan sharing CRP process (document) with committee via teams chat
      • Pros/Cons
      • Dan putting together list prior to April 3 mtg.
      • Jenine to submit list into web page
      • questionnaire to membership prior to April 3 mtg.
      • Draft Land Code, Review Sections 4, 5, & 6
      • SFN Legislative Authority
        • Law making powers-laws within framework agreement
        • Examples of Land Laws
        • Law making procedures-change of laws if not working for us
        • Merge land laws-immediate enactment of a law
        • Notice and publications of land laws
          • Ie. Adopting new land laws, the land office consults with committee, C & C then published for citizens then land meeting is held, draft land law adopt the law for starting point, can be changed thru recommendation from C & C and Lands dept.
          • Ie. Consult with community, go thru C & C for review and revisions
      • Setting thresholds for voting procedures ex. Taxation, economic development, land section, license for resources, and taxations
      • Does this land code provide us the ability to buy more land to turn into reserve?
      • Do we want Economic Development on lands?
      • Determine is land code going to benefit us in short term?
      • Not all parcels of ATR-SFN Lands, do not require to be part of the land code parcels
      • CP’s -SFN does not issue Certification of Possession
      • SFN does have Certificate of Holdings which apply to the house but, not the land
      • Problems arise with CP’s-issues of cp holders with other Nations
      • Nation cannot tax people who live on reserve
  3. Community Engagement
    • bring elders to tour Carbon Lake
    • telephone calls
    • visiting other nations, Fort Nelson and Eskit
    • talking to Westcap for their wording in the land code
    • land code staff sessions
    • youth meetings
    • adjusting handouts
    • send a questionnaire to the community for an open dialogue
    • introducing the 5 people selected for panel
    • open forum for questions of the panel, introducing the 5 people selected for panel
    • Crystal to send invite to committee members to save the date
    • Send an invitation to community members as well for April 3
    • Option out-clause to opt out
    • Webpage Design to be determined

Next meeting March 19, 2025 (4:30pm for dinner)

Meeting Adjourned: 630 pm